Door-hanger



(No Model.)

TJLPROUTY. DOOR HANGER.

Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

THEODORE O. PROUTY, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 502,582, dated August1, 18 93.

Application filed December 12, 1892. Serial No. 454,898. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE O. PROUTY, of St. Joseph, in the county ofBerrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Door Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trackless door hangers, and hasfor its object to provide a door hanger, which will be very compact,simple and durable in construction, and capable of being expeditiouslyset up, and which when fitted to a door is not liable to get out oforder.

The invention-consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawingsforming a part ofthis specification, 1n which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the casing of a door frame, thesection being taken practically on the line 1-l of Fig. 3, illustratinga portion of the door in side elevation, and illustrating also thehanger in side elevation and connected with the door, the hangers beingin the position they occupy when the door is opened. Fig. 2 is a sectionsimilar to that shown in Fig. 1, illustrating but one of the hangers inside elevation, in the position it would occupy when the door is partlyopened. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the casing, the hangerbeing illustrated in edge view; and Fig. 4 is a detail view,illustrating a device throughthe medium of which a door and its hangerare connected.

Each hanger consists of a base bar or plate A, which as shown in Fig. 3,is attached in any suitable or approved manner to the casing over thedoor opening. The base bar or plate occupies a vertical position, andupon its upper end two converging arms 10, are pivoted, the free ends ofthe arms being adapted to move through the arc m:r, indicated in dottedlines. One pivot pin is employed in pivotally connecting the two arms 10to the base plate or bar; and a short arm 11, is pivoted at one end tothe central portion of the base plate, and this short arm 11 movesthrough anarc designated as y-y in Fig. l. The distance" apart of thepivots, which connect the arms 10 and 11 to the base plate, isapproximately equalto the length of the said arm 11. The arms 10 and 11are adapted for attachment to the frame, which frame constitutes anequilateral parallelogram. This frame comprises two upper bars 12 andtwo lower bars 13. The bars 12 and 13 are of equal length, the bars 12being pivotally connected at their inner ends, and also pivotallyconnected to the free or lower end of the short arm 11 connected withthe base plate. The lower arms 13 are pivotally connected with the outerextremities of the upper bars 12, and their inner ends are pivotedtogether and connected preferably with the top of the door by the loops18 and the pendants B as hereinafter described. The upper bars 12, arealso pivotally connected with the lower ends of the diverging bars 10 ofthe base plate or bar A, the attachment between theupper diverging arms10 and the upper bars 12 being effected near the outer ends of arms 10to the bars 12 a short distance from their ends, as shown in thedrawings, the .lower ends of the arms 13 will move through the arcsdesignated as z-z in Fig. 1, whereby the door, which when closed orentirely opened rests upon the floor, will in its movement from a closedto an open position or vice versa, be raised above the fioor or thecarpet thereon. The distance the arms 10 are attached from the ends ofthe bars 12 regulates the height the door is raised. The greater thedistance they are from the ends, the'higher the door will be raised.

The pendant B consists of a sleeve or nut 14, which is'secured in theupper edge of the door, one preferably at each'corner. The nut or sleeve14, is exteriorly threaded throughout its length, except at its upperend, and that portion is made polygonal in cross section, as illustratedat 15, in order that it may be grasped by means of a wrench andrevolved. A bolt 16 is passed entirely through the sleeve or nut, thelower end of the bolt being headed, while the upper end is formed in theshape of an eye or hoolr17. This eye or hook is adapted for engagementwith a loop 18, pivotally connected at the junction the said upper bars12. By connecting the ICO of the two lower bars 13. Two hangers are usedwith each door and by connecting them to the door by the pendants B, thedoor can be raised or lowered simply by turning the sleeve or nut 14.

The hangers are very compact, requiring but little space for them towork in, thereby permitting them to be applied to the tops of doors andWithout mortising Where there is but little space above the door.

The hanger operates easily and is very simple, durable and cheap.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. In a doorhanger, the combination with a door and its frame, of a frame formed ofupper and. lower bars pivoted together, the lower bars being pivotallyconnected with the door, a short arm pivoted to the door frame and tothe upper arms, and diverging bars 20 pivoted to the door frame abovethe pivot of the said short arm and to the upper bars of the said framea short distance from their outer ends, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The herein described door hanger, comprising the base plate or barA,a frame consisting of the upper and lower arms 12 and 13 pivotedtogether, the short arm 11 pivoted to the base plate and the arms 12,and the converging arms 10 pivoted to the base plate above the pivot ofthe short arm 11 and to the arms 12 near their outer ends, sustantiallyas herein shown and described.

THEODORE C. PROUTY.

\Vitnesses:

O. 0. JORDAN, A. L. HEARTT.

